Matt Waldman on Teddy Bridgewater

[TheSpecialJuan]

According to Pro Football Focus, they have Bridgewater ranked No. 26 at his position going into Week 5. That ranks him lower than mediocre QBs such as Nick Foles, Derek Carr and Ryan Fitzpatrick, just to name a few. Here is what PFF had to say about what Teddy has done so far in a Carolina uniform.

“Bridgewater is showing elements of his game-managing reputation, with the fourth-lowest percentage of uncatchable passes on passes up to 9 yards downfield, but he uncharacteristically has the third-highest percentage of turnover-worthy plays at 4.9%.”

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-week-4-qb-review-top-performances-of-the-week-and-pff-qb-rankings

[mav1234]

Interesting to see the breakdown highlighting plays that fans here thought were poorly thrown balls and explaining why they were not.

[PeterPablo]

4 hours ago, TheRumGone said:

No I agree that drive was franchise qb esque but there is less pressure to do that kind of a drive then down by 3 or whatever at the end of the 4th. But that was an awesome drive.

i wanna see what he does with immense pressure, game on the line type deal. But people need to be careful on how they evaluate that. I harp on Cam, he was absolutely clutch but a lot of times teammates let him down. We need to be aware of that when evaluating how teddy does in those situations. I hope we get into those pressure situations this year. Bears defense and Nola to an extent will be good measuring sticks overall. But as far as late game heroics I don’t care what team he does it to as long as he shows he can do it.

I completely understand what you are saying. Way more pressure when you are down by 3, with the ball, and 3 minutes to go. I really would like to see this scenario too. This is definitely what separates the good QB's from the great ones. Don't get me wrong, I hope every game ends like the Arizona game, but I would love to see Teddy get put in this situation. I'm sure we will see.it soon.

[Vagrant]

i wonder if it frustrates teddy at all that they don't trust his arm strength in goal to go situations and usually try to scheme up what are effectively 3 running plays in the red zone. they did it to cam for different reasons, because they didn't trust him to kill plays that were designed throws if it wasn't there when the windows get tighter. new england is doing the same with him and letting him use his legs in the redzone like we did. the fact that he has the most rushing touchdowns in nfl history from a quarterback is almost an indictment of how much people thought of his passing efficiency when the deep ball over the top wasn't an option on a compressed field. teddy seems like a "between the 20's" option in a very different way than cam was. teddy is comfortable in a finesse style chip and charge offense but they don't trust his fastball. it's been this way his whole career that his peripheral numbers looked fantastic but the offenses he ran would almost always default to run based inside the shadows of the goal posts. having CMC available to turn some of those designed runs on short passes into touchdowns would have really improved his numbers this season in the sense that everyone seems to obsess about touchdown numbers and how disproportionally heavy they are ranked in most any metric involving quarterback success. 

the thing that's really holding this offense back from being even better than they are is the lack of a tight end. i was adamant that ian thomas wasn't the answer and we needed to be in on ebron or some of the other pass catching options available. it would be hell to defend the middle of the field if we had yet another pass catching option that required consideration. but there's time to pick up one of those in future seasons. i think the idea of teddy being our starting quarterback is one that people should get comfortable with because he's going to be doing it a long time with as low stress as his style is on his body. with the changes in rules, quarterbacks that can prioritize getting the ball out quickly are having shelf life into their 40's if they can keep the timing on intermediate throws. the idea being to surround your statue of a quarterback with enough speed that the yards after catch can make up for the deep balls you don't have in an offense run by a weaker arm. that's right down main street for teddy and he could potentially do what he's doing into his deep 30's if he can protect himself and stay sharp. the rule changes to protect quarterbacks have increased their longevity by twofold from the days when launching helmet to helmet was not only accepted but the encouraged way to hit the quarterback. it's a new league and teddy is the type of quarterback that offenses based on efficiency instead of the big plays are chasing. 

[OneBadCat]

I’m not against Teddy by any means and I see why Brady wants him operating the offense. But I’m not ready to crown him a franchise QB just yet. He’s made some dangerous throws too.

[ickmule]

Someone told y’all Weeks ago that Teddy was gonna ball out.....

[ThPantherFan]

On 10/8/2020 at 6:20 AM, jfra78 said:

I have been watching a lot of tape on the previous game.  Teddy if he can continue to play like he did last week, there will be no denying that he is a franchise QB.  He is money in that 10-20 yard area of the field.  His TDs are low,  but that will come as the season progresses.  

Totally agree.

[ThPantherFan]

On 10/8/2020 at 7:44 AM, *FreeFua* said:

He goes through his progressions, anticipates throws and knows how to read coverages.

He has a maturity about him, for sure.  

[ThPantherFan]

On 10/8/2020 at 8:35 AM, TheRumGone said:

He needs to put the ball in the end zone. 

That can't be denied but he is improving every game.

[Varking]

On 10/8/2020 at 6:51 AM, Jeremy Igo said:

Solid video. 

 

If Teddy can improve his TD ranking he will finish top 5 in the entire league. Not sure how you argue he can't be a franchise QB at that point. 

You wouldn’t be able to argue against him being a top QB in this league if he improves his TD:INT. 

[bigdavis]

17 hours ago, Vagrant said:

i wonder if it frustrates teddy at all that they don't trust his arm strength in goal to go situations and usually try to scheme up what are effectively 3 running plays in the red zone. they did it to cam for different reasons, because they didn't trust him to kill plays that were designed throws if it wasn't there when the windows get tighter. new england is doing the same with him and letting him use his legs in the redzone like we did. the fact that he has the most rushing touchdowns in nfl history from a quarterback is almost an indictment of how much people thought of his passing efficiency when the deep ball over the top wasn't an option on a compressed field. teddy seems like a "between the 20's" option in a very different way than cam was. teddy is comfortable in a finesse style chip and charge offense but they don't trust his fastball. it's been this way his whole career that his peripheral numbers looked fantastic but the offenses he ran would almost always default to run based inside the shadows of the goal posts. having CMC available to turn some of those designed runs on short passes into touchdowns would have really improved his numbers this season in the sense that everyone seems to obsess about touchdown numbers and how disproportionally heavy they are ranked in most any metric involving quarterback success. 

the thing that's really holding this offense back from being even better than they are is the lack of a tight end. i was adamant that ian thomas wasn't the answer and we needed to be in on ebron or some of the other pass catching options available. it would be hell to defend the middle of the field if we had yet another pass catching option that required consideration. but there's time to pick up one of those in future seasons. i think the idea of teddy being our starting quarterback is one that people should get comfortable with because he's going to be doing it a long time with as low stress as his style is on his body. with the changes in rules, quarterbacks that can prioritize getting the ball out quickly are having shelf life into their 40's if they can keep the timing on intermediate throws. the idea being to surround your statue of a quarterback with enough speed that the yards after catch can make up for the deep balls you don't have in an offense run by a weaker arm. that's right down main street for teddy and he could potentially do what he's doing into his deep 30's if he can protect himself and stay sharp. the rule changes to protect quarterbacks have increased their longevity by twofold from the days when launching helmet to helmet was not only accepted but the encouraged way to hit the quarterback. it's a new league and teddy is the type of quarterback that offenses based on efficiency instead of the big plays are chasing. 

Thank you, e.e.cummings.